Police may be questioning the wife of former boxing champ Arturo "Thunder" Gatti, who was found dead at a Brazilian seaside resort Saturday. Jeremy Filosa, described as a close friend of the 37-year-old Canadian ex-fighter, A spokeswoman for the state public safety ...Read More
1. Manny Pacquiao cemented his legacy as one of history's greatest fighters.
With the 50th and perhaps most difficult victory of his career, Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao has chiseled his name alongside all-time pound-for-pound greats like Willie Pep, Henry Armstrong and Sugar ...Read More
LAS VEGAS — Yuri Foreman, the fighting rabbi-to-be, remained undefeated and made history Saturday night when he became the first Israeli to hold a major boxing belt, defeating Daniel Santos by unanimous decision for the WBA super welterweight title at ...Read More
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Philip Rivers showed the New York Giants exactly what they traded away in 2004, and this one really hurt the team that wanted Eli Manning so much.
Rivers capped an 80-yard drive with an 18-yard pass to ...Read More
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Federal and tribal law enforcement agents descended on a small community on the Navajo Indian reservation early Thursday to make an arrest as part of their investigation into the slaying of a nun whose body was found in ...Read More
NEWPORT, Maine—More than 55 police officers and three aircraft are searching for a man whose father was shot to death and mother severely beaten in Maine. Police are looking for 45-year-old Perley Goodrich Jr., who was last seen at about 11:30 ...Read More
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Police in Jamaica have detained a 23-year-old man in connection with the death of a British honorary consul. Spokesman Karl Angell said Saturday the man will be questioned but has not been charged. Two other men who ...Read More
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas judge has issued an arrest warrant for Roger Mayweather after the boxing trainer failed to show up for a court appearance on battery and coercion charges. Mayweather, who coached his nephew Floyd Mayweather Jr. ...Read More
HANOI, Vietnam – Followers of an internationally known Buddhist monk say tensions are rising at a monastery in Vietnam's Central Highlands after local officials accused them of trying to "sabotage" Vietnam's communist government. An angry crowd gathered outside the Bat Nha ...Read More
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr., returning tothe boxing ring for the first time in 21 months, scored aunanimous points victory over Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegaslast night, the BBC reported. Mayweather of the U.S., who announced his retirement ...Read More
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (Aug. 23) — A 7-year-old girl died after a large wave stirred up by Hurricane Bill swept her and two others off a rocky ledge at Acadia National Park in Maine Sunday, the Coast Guard said. Steve McCausland of ...Read More
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Authorities have arrested a third man in the slaying of former boxing champion Vernon Forrest, Atlanta police said Thursday. U.S. marshals took Charmon Sinkfield into custody Wednesday night after he went through a roadblock on Interstate 20, ...Read More
Mr Gatti had retired from professional boxing in 2007 The former world boxing champion Arturo Gatti killed himself and was not murdered, say Brazilian investigators. Mr Gatti was found on 11 July, in a hotel in north-eastern Brazil where he had ...Read More
Vernon Forrest, a former boxing champion who didn't rise to fame until late in his career but drew on his popularity to further his charitable causes when he did, was shot and killed in Atlanta in an apparent botched car-jacking ...Read More
Arturo Gatti made quite a first and lasting impression when he burst onto the national boxing scene in 1995. Already a popular fighter in the Northeast, especially in Atlantic City, Gatti expanded his fan base after capturing his first world title ...Read More
The wife of former world boxing champion Arturo "Thunder" Gatti has reportedly been charged with the boxer's death. According to the New York Daily News, 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues was arrested and charged with her's husband's murder on Sunday, one day after ...Read More
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Brazilian wife of former Canadian world boxing champion Arturo Gatti has been charged with his murder, police said Sunday. Italian-born Gatti, who was 37, was found dead Saturday in the holiday flat the couple had ...Read More
SAO PAULO (AP) — The wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti was detained as a suspect by Brazilian authorities Sunday following his death at a posh seaside resort. Police said 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues was taken into custody after contradictions in ...Read More
Former boxing champion Arturo Gatti, one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, was found dead in a hotel room in the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early yesterday. Police investigator Edilson Alves said ...Read More
